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12 January, 2017The Turkish Minister for European Union Affairs and Chief Negotiator Ömer Çelik stated that Turkey will welcome a solution that is based on two constituent and a sovereign states.
In a press conference on the Cyprus negotiations in Geneva, Çelik noted that Turkey’s position on the Cyprus issue was clearly expressed earlier by Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan and Prime Minister Binali Yıldırım.
Çelik also highlighted that Turkey showed its determination to reach a solution for the two states.
Çelik also responded to statements made by some politicians in the press, adding that the ‘South Cyprus is an EU state, and the TRNC can annex to South Cyprus’ approach is inappropriate.